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ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 

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ITS WEALTH AND RESOURCES, GREAT AND GROWING INDUSTRIES 

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ADVANTAGES 

FUTURE OUTLOOK PROMISING 




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Published under authority of the 

COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 

by 

G. G. BOTELER 

CRANDAL MACKEY, M. E. CHURCH 

W. 5. HOGE, Jr., C. B. HALLER 

Committee. 



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ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 




[BY CRANDAL MACKLY] 



Ceded to the United States 

LEXANDRIA COUNTY, the smallest and most densely 
populated county in Virginia, was once a part of the 
county of Fairfax. On December 3, 1789, the State of 
Virginia, by an act of the legislature and in pursu- 
ance of the United States Constitution, ceded to the 
United States that part of the territory subsequently known as 
the county of Alexandria. Congress passed an act accepting the 
cession. Maryland ceded to the United States part of her territory 
known as the county of Washington, and the two counties consti- 
tuted a territory, ten miles square, which Congress set apart for the 
seat of government, and organized it under the name of the District 
of Columbia. The county of Washington comprised all the land in 
the District of Columbia north of the Potomac River and the county 
of Alexandria all the land in said District south of the Potomac. 

A circuit court was established by Congress for the county of 
Washington and another for the county of Alexandria, and the cir- 
cuit judge for Alexandria County was required by law to reside 
therein. 

The county of Alexandria, by reason of its accessibility, soon 
became an asylum for fugitive slaves, where they could seek the 
protection of United States courts and the sympathy and aid of 



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Residence of Mr. A. M. Lothrop 



the early abolitionists residing in the District of Columbia. The 
slavery question becoming each year more acute the question of 
ceding back the county of Alexandria to Virginia became a political 
issue of that day, the representatives in Congress from Virginia and 
other pro-slavery states urging the retrocession of that part of the 
District of Columbia known as Alexandria County to the State of 
Virginia. 

Retrocession to Virginia 

On the 9th day of July, 1846. the Congress of the United States 
passed an act authorizing a vote to be taken by the people of 
Alexandria County to determine whether the county should be 
retroceded to the State of Virginia, and declaring that in case a 
majority of the votes should be cast in favor of retrocession the 
county should be retroceded, and right and jurisdiction forever relin- 



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quished in full and absolute. An election was held and a majority 
of the votes cast were for retrocession. Without any further action 
by Congress the State of Virginia passed an act declaring that the 
county of Alexandria was re-annexed. Since 1846 the State of 
Virginia has exercised full jurisdiction and control over said county. 

Legality of Retrocession 

At the time of the passage of the act of Congress, ceding the 
county of Alexandria to Virginia, some of the ablest lawyers in 
Congress condemned the act and declared it to be in violation of 
the Constitution of the United States. 

Among those who declared that the act of retrocession was 
unconstitutional was John Quincy Adams, who was one of the 
ablest constitutional lawyers of his day. He had been President of 
the United States and was a member of Congress from Massa- 
chusetts at the time the act was passed. To the wayfaring man 




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it would seem that if the county of Alexandria could be ceded back 
to Virginia, then the county of Washington could be ceded back to 
Maryland and the District of Columbia and the Capital and seat of 
government abolished by an act of Congress. 

In 1875 Mr. Robert A. Phillips, a large property owner in the 
county of Alexandria, brought suit to determine the validity of 
the act of retrocession. He alleged in his suit that an assessment 
had been made upon his property by officers of the State of Virginia, 
that he had paid his taxes under protest to prevent the sale of his 
property by the State, and that the county of Alexandria was not 
within the State of Virginia but within the District of Columbia. 
He alleged that the act of Congress ceding back the county of 
Alexandria was illegal and void because in violation of the Con- 




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stitution. He attempted by his suit against Mr. Charles W. Payne, 
the collector of taxes of Washington Township, Alexandria County, 
to recover the sum of $165 illegally collected. On April 17, 1876, 
the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case by 
most adroitly and artfully dodging the real question involved. It 
held in substance that Mr. Phillips was estopped from raising the 
question he sought to have decided, that the case was one involving 
the action of the political department of the Government, and that 
the judiciary would feel bound by such action unless the political 
department of the Government should later decide otherwise. Since 
this decision the question of ceding back the county of Alexandria 
to the United States has been agitated in public meetings in the 
county, and frequently in Congress. About five years ago Senator 
Hoar of Massachusetts, a great constitutional lawyer and chairman 
of the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate, introduced 



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Residence of Captain A. P. Eastman, East Falls Church 



a bill authorizing the Attorney General of the United States to 
bring a suit to test the constitutionality of the act of retrocession, 
but the matter died in committee. 

In 1905 the writer caused the arrest of persons who were running 
a pool room for race track gambling at Jackson City, in said county. 
Through their attorneys they procured writs of habeas corpus from 
the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
alleging in their petition for the writs that the county of Alexandria 
was part of the District of Columbia and officials of Virginia could 
not lawfully arrest them or try them. Upon hearing at Richmond 
the petitions were dismissed by Judge Waddell upon the motion 
of the writer upon the ground that an individual could not raise 
the question of the validity of the act of retrocession, and upon the 
further ground that, if the averments of the petitioners were true, 
they should have applied to the Supreme Court of the District of 



16 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 



Columbia for their writs of habeas corpus. No vote has been 
taken in recent years to test the feeling of the people of Alexandria 
County on the question of retrocession, but because of the *act that 
the tax rate is not high in Alexandria County and the assessment of 
property is very low it is probable that a majority of her people 
would vote against retrocession. In the District of Columbia the 
tax rate is low but the assessments very high, in many cases more 
than the actual value of the property. 






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dreds of children attend the public free schools of the District of Co- 
lumbia including the high schools, the business high schools, the 
technical schools, and normal schools maintained by Congress. A 
person living in Alexandria County enjoys, free of cost, all the 
Government institutions of Washington City, its libraries, its col- 
leges, schools, museums, art galleries, and public buildings and at 
the same time enjoys the health of country life and escapes all the 
discomforts of a crowded city. Schools are open in Alexandria 
County nine months in every year, in striking contrast with some 
other counties in the State, and her school-houses are modern build- 
ings, many of them of brick and heated by hot water or steam. 

Good Roads 

The county has more than seventy miles of public roads and the 
roads are better kept than elsewhere, many of them being covered 




Residence of Mr. George O. Wonder 



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with stone their entire length. The county owns road machinery 
of the most costly and modern type, including a portable stone 
crusher and traction engine. The county also owns a valuable 
stone quarry where stone is broken for road purposes. The county 
is free from debt, its modern court house and commodious up-to-date 
jail having been paid for and the bonds issued for their construction 
canceled. Pauperism is unknown here and the county poor house 
has not had an occupant for five years. There are no saloons in the 
county. The number of prisoners in jail averages about ten and 
they are required to work on the county roads. The expense of 
boarding prisoners is not paid by the county, but by the State, to 
which all fines are paid. The scheme of county government origi- 
nated in Virginia and can scarcely be improved upon. 




Residence of Mr. George G. Boteler 



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County Government 

The county is divided for purposes of government into three 
parts or divisions. Each division is called a Magisterial District. 
The east end of the county is Jefferson District, the central part, 
Arlington District and the west end is called Washington District. 
Each district elects a supervisor for the county and the three super- 
visors constitute the Board of Supervisors, which by law is a body 
corporate. The board elects one of its members chairman and it 
sits the first Saturday in every month. It levies taxes for the sup- 
port of the county and state government, and fixes the rate of taxa- 
tion for county purposes as well as for support of the public schools, 
has control of all county property and the expenditure of all public 
money in the county. The Board of Supervisors also has the ap- 
pointment of overseers of the poor and road overseers and, within 



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certain limitations, fixes the salaries of all county officers. In the 
matter of the establishment or alteration of roads the Board of Super- 
visors exercises the functions of a court and issues process, appoints 
viewers, summons witnesses and has all the powers formerly exer- 
cised by the county court. Each of the three magisterial districts 
in the county elects three justices of the peace and one constable 
as well as a member of the Board of Supervisors, and voters of the 
county elect a representative in the legislature, an attorney for the 
commonwealth, a clerk of the court, a sheriff, and a county treasurer. 
The coroner is appointed by the circuit court as is the commissioner 
of revenue, an officer who assess personal property and collects ex- 
cise taxes. Property is assessed once every five years by a citizen 
of the county selected by the circuit court. All county officers hold 
their positions for four years, except the clerk of the court who is 
elected for six years. The circuit judge presides over three counties 




Residence of Dr. T. M. Talbott 



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and is elected by the legislature for eight years. These three counties, 
Alexandria, Fairfax, and Prince William, have one representative 
in the State Senate. The county has a Superintendent of Schools, 
who is appointed by the State Board of Education, at Richmond, 
from among the citizens of the county. Each of the three magiste- 
rial districts in the county has three school trustees and the nine 
trustees, sitting with the Superintendent of Schools, constitute the 
county School Board, which board holds title to all school property 
and prepares each year, for presentation to the Board of Super- 
visors, the estimates of school expenses. School trustees are ap- 
pointed by a board consisting of the Superintendent of Schools, the 
Attorney for the Commonwealth and one citizen designated by the 
circuit court. This board meets in May of each year. Judges of 
elections are named by the county electoral board consisting of three 




Residence of Mr. C. A. Stewart, East Falls Church 



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Southern Railway and Electric Car Stations, East Falls Church 



persons designated by the circuit court. On election day three 
judges of election and two clerks sit in each of the three voting dis- 
tricts of the county, the clerks being named by the judges of elec- 
tion. The law provides that judges of election shall be persons 
known to belong to different politcal parties. There are about eight 
hundred registered voters in the county of whom about one hundred 
are colored. There is one official called a registrar for each of the 
three magisterial districts and in order to register a person must 
apply to the registrar in his own handwriting and answer such ques- 
tions in writing relating to his qualifications as are prescribed by 
statute and as the registrar may propound. After a person is regis- 
tered he must, six months before the election, pay his poll taxes for 
three years next preceding the election at which he offers to vote. 
In order to vote :n November, each voter must pay his taxes in May 
preceding. The strictness of the election laws has improved the 



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Residence of Mr. John N. Gibson 

quality and character of the voter and has enabled the people of the 
county to establish and maintain decent, honest, and economical 
government, and to select as officers of the county a better set of 
men at each election. The county abounds in villages and subdivi- 
sions each having its association of citizens who exercise a decided 
influence upon county affairs. 

Villages and Subdivisions 

The following subdivisions, in the nature of villages are prosper- 
ous settlements: 

West Ballston, Ballston, Glencarlyn, East Falls Church, Falls 
Church Park, Highland Park, Lyonhurst, Livingstone Heights, North 
Arlington Heights, Cherrydale, Hall's Hill, Dominion Heights, Bon 
Air, Farlee, Clarendon, Lyon's Addition to Clarendon, Moore's Addi- 
tion to Clarendon, Woodmont, Clifton, Ingleside, Aurora Heights, 
Colonial Heights, Ft. Myer Heights, Rosslyn, Corbett, Arlington, 



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Nauck, Addison Heights, Waterloo, St. Elmo, Del Ray, Braddock 
Heights, Cottage Park, Spring Park. 

Transportation Facilities 

Every portion of the county is reached by electric car lines from 
Washington City. The Great Falls and Old Dominion Electric 
Railway, the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Electric Rail- 
way and the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Rail- 
way cover every portion of Alexandria County with their main lines 
and branches. All the electric railways named are in prosperous 
condition, the smallest having carried twelve hundred thousand pas- 
sengers last year. In addition to the above named electric railways 
the following railroads deliver freight and have freight and passen- 
ger stations in the county, viz.: Pennsylvania Railroad; Southern 




Residence of Mr. Nathan Banks, East Falls Church 



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Railroad; Washington Southern; Atlantic Coast Line; Seaboard 
Air Line ; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad ; Chesa- 
peake and Ohio; Baltimore and Ohio; Philadelphia, Wilmington 
and Baltimore Railroad. These roads have established vast freight 
Yards in Alexandria County, known in railroad circles as Potomac 
Yards, connecting the great trunk lines of the north and south, and 
said to be the most extensive transfer grounds in the United States 
if not in the world. This gigantic enterprise, together with the 
extensive railroad shops there located, give employment to an army 
of busy workers, and also pays a large proportion of the county 
taxes. In this county is also located Luna Park, the largest and 
most attractive pleasure resort in the vicinity of Washington, offer- 
ing a place of recreation and innocent amusement to thousands 
daily. It also employs a large number of citizens of the county and 
pays a large amount of taxes. 




Residence of Mr. John S. Garrison, East Falls Church 



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"Eastover," Residence of Mr. Pickering Dodge 



Industries 

The county manufactures more brick than any county in the 
United States, being the home of the New Washington Brick Co.; 
the Hydraulic Press Brick Co.; Walker and Sons Brick Co.; West 
Bros. Brick Co.; the Potomac Brick Co.; the Virginia Brick Co.; the 
Rosslyn Brick Co., and the Jackson-Phillips Brick Co. 

The county contains numerous factories and excellent stores con- 
venient to every settlement. It has the Arlington National Bank, 
an institution gotten up by citizens of the county and is in a flourish- 
ing condition. It has the Arlington Brewery and Bottling Works, 
the most modern of all the breweries in or near Washington City. 
It has the Rosslyn Packing Co., the most prosperous establishment 
for the manufacture of pork products and provisions east of Chicago. 
In the county and within the corporate limits of Alexandria City are 
shoe factories and factories for the making of glassware, bottles, 




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boxes, overalls, and wooden ware; knitting mills, canning factories, 
fertilizer factories, and many other large industries. The county con- 
tains numerous churches, all reached by the electric cars. There is 
not a trade, calling or profession that is not creditably represented by 
citizens of Alexandria County. No county in Virginia is so rich in 
numbers of skilled mechanics, representing the very highest skill 
in their respective trades. We have here in large numbers, and all 
employed, machinists, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, iron work- 
ers, floor planers, plumbers, steamfitters, glassworkers, electricians, 
and woodworkers, men of character and intelligence in every branch 
of mechanics. In medicine we have doctors of high reputation, some 
like Admiral P. M. Rixey, Surgeon-General of the Navy, and Dr. 
Joseph Taber Johnson, the distinguished gynecologist, being known 
the world over. Several of the dentists of Alexandria County are 
lecturers at the dental colleges in Washington City. Modesty for- 











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bids me to say more of the lawyers than that they are all TRUTH- 
FUL AND HONEST and enjoying exceptional prosperity. The county 
is the home of many prosperous merchants of Washington City, and 
no community in Virginia has more beautiful homes or as little pov- 
erty. No community anywhere is so inviting to manufacturers as 
Alexandria County. Manufacturing property is not assessed one- 
fourth its value; there are no smoke laws to annoy and oppress, 
such as they have in the District of Columbia and enforce with such 
severity. The railroad facilities are better than in the District of 
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Residence of Mr. W. W. Kinsley 

tion facilities cannot be surpassed. There is ample police protection 
and all along the water front the fire department of Washington 
City responds to alarms of fire. Insurance rates are low. There is 
an excellent telephone system in the county which gives an unlim- 
ited service for $24 per year. 



Farming Advantages 

There is no place in the world where truck farming and the 
nursery business pays better than in Alexandria County. Every 
nurseryman in the county sells all the flowers and plants, and hot- 
house vegetables that he can produce to the markets and hotels in 
Washington City at the highest prices. All over Alexandria County 
are men who have grown prosperous at truck farming. Along the 
south bank of the Potomac in this county are miles of splendid 
quarries, giving employment to hundreds of men and supplying 



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nearly all the stone used in the District of Columbia and upon Gov- 
ernment work in that vicinity. 

Future Outlook 

But a few years and Alexandria County will be one large and 
prosperous city. Her many villages are already pressing their 
borders upon each other and are tied together by a common interest 
and a common purpose. Her frontage on the river is a scene of 
diversified industry and the demand for her property for business 
purposes is constant and pressing. Opportunities for profitable 
investment were never more abundant and those who have pur- 
chased acreage property have in every instance reaped profits beyond 
expectation, in some instances more than ten-fold. Those who buy 
real estate in Alexandria County now can not fail of successful invest- 
ment and those who purchase manufacturing sites will, in addition 




Christ Church, Alexandria City 



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to the many advantages, heretofore enumerated, witness a rapid 
and constant increase in the value of their holdings. The pressure 
of population upon area and upon subsistence in the District of 
Columbia is forcing her people into Alexandria County, and her 
meagre railroad facilities and drastic laws have an increasing ten- 
dency to force her business men and manufacturers across the 
Potomac into Alexandria County. The past has been bright, the 
present is reaping its profits and in the future prosperity mounts and 
beckons, and a star that rises in the east is leading on to untold 
wealth. 



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THE VIRGINIA REALTY TITLE CORPORATION 

is the successor of the Virginia Title Company. It was granted a charter 
by the State Corporation Commission of Virginia, and was duly organized 
on the 2d day of April, 1906. The capital stock of this Corporation is 
$25,000, five thousand of which is non-assessible treasury stock. 

The Corporation was chartered to do a general title business, including 
the insurance of titles, throug-hout the State of Virginia, and more especi- 
ally in Alexandria City and County. The land and other records, includ- 
ing- surveys and plats, have been carefully prepared, in the City and 
County, by experienced attorneys, abstractors and civil engineers, and the 
Corporation is now doing" a successful business, more especially in the 
County of Alexandria, which is a thriving - , growing, suburban community. 

The above cut shows the home office of the Corporation, located at 
Alexandria County Court House on the hill just above Rosslyn, Va. 

The Corporation has branch offices in the Columbian Building-, Wash- 
ington, D. C, and in the office of Mr. Howard W. Smith, Alexandria, Va. 

The officers of this Corporation are David J. Howell, President, Civil 
Engineer, whose business address is 605 12th Street N. W., Washing-ton, 
D. C, and who resides in Alexandria, Va. ; E. Hilton Jackson, Vice- 
President, Attorney at Law, whose business address is Columbian Build- 
ing, Washington, D. C; George H. Rucker, Treasurer, Clerk of the 
Circuit Court of Alexandria County, Virginia, whose business address is 
Rosslyn, Va., and R. C. L. Moncure, Secretary, Attorney at Law, whose 
business address is Rosslyn, Va. Mr. Moncure is the General Manager 
of the Corporation in Alexandria County, Mr. Smith is the General Man- 
ager of the Corporation in Alexandria City, Va. , and Mr. Jackson is the 
General Manager of the Corporation in W£ishington, D. C. 



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JOHN F. JERMAN 

REAL ESTATE AGENT 

Notary Public. Bonding and Insurance. Loans Negotiated. 

FAIRFAX, VA. (Phone Connection) VIENNA, VA. 




My Motto: "Honesty and Fair Dealing." 
Headquarters for Grain, Dairy, Fruit, Poultry and Blue Grass Farms, City and Suburban 
Property near Steam and Electric R. R. and near Washington D. C. Send for list. 



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Ballston School 



JAMES S. HAYS IS NOW LOCATED AT 

3426 M Street, Corner of 35th 

We shall endeavor to keep our stock of Crockery, Glassware and 
Housefurnishings complete as possible. 

We especially call attention to our Lamps and Chimneys, especially 
4 'Macbeth." Also Wicks for oil stoves and all lamps. Our Coffee and 
Tea Department will receive our especial attention as in the past; nothing- 
being- sold but the best and purest foods. We buy nothing but Green 
Coffees and have them roasted, consequently always fresh. 



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Residence 
Near County Court House, Alexandria County, Va. 



Notary Public for 
Alexandria County, Va. 



JAMES E. CLEMENTS 




(EX-COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY OF ALEXANDRIA CO., VA.) 

ATTORNEY AT LAW AND REAL ESTATE DEALER 
OFFICE, 1406 G STREET N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 

I have lately platted and sub-divided into 
attractive building- lots large areas of land 
on the beautiful heights in Alexandria 
County, Virginia, just across the Potomac 
River from Washington City. These lots, 
some 1200 in number, are selling rapidly 
and offer the greatest opportunity ever 
afforded to those seeking homes to secure 
elegant building sites cheap and on easy 
terms. These lots are only about a mile and 
a half west of the White House and two car 
lines traverse the property (five cents is the 
fare to the City), making it especially con- 
venient to employees of the Government and 
of the electric and steam railways, and in- 
deed to persons in all branches of business 
in Washington, D. C. The climate and water 
and healthiness of this locality are unsur- 
passed by any other section of the country. 
The land is very fertile and produces the 
finest fruit, flowers and vegetables, and 
the lots are all of sufficient size for nice yards and gardens. The high 
elevation of this property furnishes a most attractive and exquisite view 
of Washington City and all the surrounding country. It is near Fort 
Myer, one of the greatest military reservations in the world, and situated 
in a community and county that is forging ahead with tremendous strides 
in the pathway of progress: no finer schools and school buildings are 
found in any county of this or any other State, and the public roads are 
good and the people law-abiding and prosperous. As the population of 
Washington yearly increases, the great overflow must look principally to 
Alexandria County, adjacent, for homes where they can find quiet and 
repose from the stir and bustle and noise of the great City. 

In this sub-division there are about ten villa sites containing from one 
to two acres each, adorned with handsome shade trees and which will be 
sold very reasonably and on very easy terms. 

There is no land or lots around Washington City so near and so con- 
venient, so easy of access and with such a magnificent view of the City, 
for sale so cheap and on such easy terms as these. 

These lots have to be sold to settle up an estate, and only for that 
reason are they offered at such a low price. 

Lots $200 each, on the very easy terms of $5 cash and $5 each month, 
without interest, till lots are paid for ; 15 per cent, off for cash. 

When lots are fully paid for, money can be easily obtained to construct 
homes and improvements thereon. 

For all information apply to JAMES E. CLEMENTS, 

Phone Main 1080. 1406 G Street N W., Washington, D. C. 

P. S. — I have for sale also many small and large farms on car lines adjacent to Washington City. 



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Carne School 



HOMES SUBURBAN TO WASHINGTON CITY 

Fruit, Truck and Poultry Farms, Building Lots and 
Manufacturing Sites located in Alexandria and 
Fairfax Counties, Virginia. 

Convenient to Electric Cars and within a few 
minutes ride of Washington, D. C. 



B. M. DAVIDSON 

Rlal Estate and Insurance. 

ros5lyn, virginia 



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£ aHptrdj 



REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 

TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 

Suburban Property and Investments in Alexandria and 
Fairfax Counties Given Special Attention 

Attractive homes, beautiful villa sites and good building" lots in 
Falls Church, Livingstone Heights, Ballston, Clarendon and all the 
Alexandria and Fairfax suburbs for sale on Easy Terms. 

Money Safely Invested in First Trust on Real Estate 

Consult Me Before Investing 

Notary Public for Alexandria and Fairfax Counties 

WRITE FOR INFORMATION TELEPHONE CONNECTION 

M. E. CHURCH, Falls Church, Va. 



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Columbia School 



R. A. THOMASSON, V. R. THOMASSON, 

Manufacturers of 

Fine Cabinet Work, Bar Fixtures, Grilles, Spiral and 
Rope Turning, Beading, Etc. 

R. A. THOMASSON & BRO. 

STAIR BUILDERS AND MILL WORK. 

Office Removed fo 729 Fifteenth Street, N. W. 
Factory— -Rosslyn, Va. 



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Wmm 



CHARLES I. SIMMS 

Among the enterprising young lawyers of 
Alexandria County Virginia, Mr. Charles I. 
Simms stands with the foremost in his profes- 
sion. Mr. Simms was born in Portsmouth, Va., 
thirty-seven years ago. Locating at Glencarlyn, 
in Alexandria County, in 1894, he immediately 
exerted an active interest in the political and 
economic affairs of the County, being particularly 
active in the crusade against gambling and the 
illegal liquor traffic which flourished uncontested 
at that time. Besides practicing law in Alex- 
andria County and Washington City, Mr. Simms 
handles a line of the choicest suburban properties 
to be had around Washington, and he has been 
instrumental in bringing to the County some of 
its leading citizens of to-day. He is President 
of the Glencarlyn Village Improvement Society, 
and under his guidance this beautiful suburban 
village has taken on a new lease of life. 



Read " A Paper with Opinions" 



THE ALEXANDRIA COUNTY MONITOR 


Vol IX FRANK LYON, Editor. No. 33 


sans 



THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 

Circulation 1000. Advertising Rates Reasonable 
Covers all of Alexandria County and lower part of Fairfax 



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Saegmuller School 



TINTYPES 



PHOTO NOVELTIES 



POSTAL CARDS 



AQUEDUCT STUDIO 

E. ALLEN 

3507 M STREET 

Printing and Developing for Amateurs 



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BARBOR, WILLIAMS & CO. 

Estate and Insurance 
FALLS CHURCH, VA. 

SOLE AGENTS 

•I Buy a Home in this beautiful 
Virginia Sub-division. <J Three 
and one-half miles from and 450 
feet higher than Washington 
City. <JCool air, pure water, 
all to make life worth living, 
^Situated on both Steam 
and Electric Roads. 
^ Lots cheap, €J Easy 
Monthly Payments 
<^ A great invest- 




ment. 



<IWe build your 
house to your 
own idea. A small 
cash payment down, 
balance payable in 
Monthly Instal- 
ments. <JWhy pay 
rent when you can buy 
a nice new home for 
the same money? <JCome 
and see for yourself, or apply 
to either the Owner or Agents. 



S. HOGE, Jr. 

Residence, Highland Park, Va., or 

9!5 Louisiana Avenue N. W. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 

OWNER 



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Hume School 



AN UP-TO-DATE SCHOOL 

BUSINESS COURSE. SHORTHAND COURSE. 

Special Preparation for Civil Service Examination. 

FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 2, 1907. 

ffiapttal (Cnmmerrtal (Eallpg? 

mb j^frttograpijtr institute 

3300 O STREET N. W. 

Specialists in all Departments. 



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REAL ESTATE 

IN 

THE OLD DOMINION 



CRAIG and ROYCL 

Colorado Building 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



MAPS, BOOKLETS, FULL INFORMATION 

ON ALEXANDRIA COUNTY REAL ESTATE 

furnished upon request. 



This firm operates exclusively in Virginia properties. We are 
prepared to meet any demand. Write to-day. 



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Mt. Vernon Avenue School 



E. WILLEY STEARNS, President J. B. HENDERSON, Jr., Vice President 

JOHN S. BUCKNER, Cashier 

J&\\t Arlington Sfattnnal lank 

====== ROSSLYN, VIRGINIA ===== 

DIRECTORS 

Will W. Douglas, Attorney at Law, Washing-ton, D. C. 

John B. Henderson, Jr., Attorney at Law, Washing-ton, D. C. 

W. S. Hoge, Jr., The Hog-e-McDowell Co., Commission Merchants, Wash- 
ing-ton, D. C. 

Crandal Mackey, Commonwealth's Attorney, Alexandria County, Va. 

C. J. Rixey, President Traders National Bank, Washing-ton, I). C, 
President Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Co.. Alexandria, Va. 

P. M. Rixey, Surg-eon General United States Navy. 

Geo. H. Ruckek, Clerk Alexandria Countv Circuit Court. 

E. Willey Stearns, President. 

W. C. Wibert, Treasurer Alexandria County. 



Banking in All its Branches 
Three per cent. Interest Paid in Savings Department 



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W. T. & F. B. WEAVER 

Hardware and Harness 

Contractors' and Machinists' Supplies 

Georgetown, D. C. 

Telephone, West -| ?qiq 



THE ALLEGHENY COAL CO. 

ROSSLYN, VA. 

The people who are exponents of the Roosevelt "Square Deal" theory. 

TRY THEM. 



Hdvcrti8tng 



is simply persuading- the people to 
buy your goods instead of some other 
fellow's. 

If you let them know what you have to sell, some of them will buy 
of you. 

If you invite them, more of them will buy of you. 

If you persuade them, really persuade, the most will buy of 3 7 ou. 

The question confronting" you is: How can you persuade the most 
people to buy your goods ? 

Our service to you is helping - you find that way. 

Newspaper, magazine, street car and all classes of publicity. 

Consult us. We can save and make money for you. 

SCOTT-TRAYLOR ADVERTISING COMPANY, Inc. 

Bond Building Washington, D. C. 



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Glencarlyn School 



Union 
Office. 



Engraving. 'Phone, West 1028. 

color work TH E IDEAL PRINTERY, 

Embossing. {2Q4 WISCON siN AVENUE. 

W. H. BREWTON. 

We will print your name on 25 best quality Visiting Cards for 35c. and 
g-ive you ABSOLUTELY FREE Souvenir History of Cabin John 
Bridge, the larg-est stone Arch in the world, size of pictures, 9x12, 
13 different views. 

THE IDEAL PRINTERY, 
1204 Wisconsin Ave. 



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Livingstone Heights 

The White House lawn is considered one of the most beautiful 
spots in the world. If a cultured and refined family were allowed 
to have a home built on this lawn, it would be 54 feet above 
the level of the sea, with good, pure fresh air at a premium. If 
this family's home was located at Livingstone Heights they would 
be living 465 feet above Sea Level. 

They would be living at the greatest altitude of any point 
adjacent to a railroad within a radius of 17 miles of the Nation's 
Capital. 

They would be surrounded by the refining influence of an 
exclusive neighborhood. 

They would enjoy plenty of fresh air, coming pure and unob- 
structed from the Blue Ridge Mountains. 

They would have no use for expensive health giving summer 
trips. 

They would have no use for electric fans. 

They would have an electric car every few minutes and for five 
cents could come to the White House in twenty minutes. 

Nature has left nothing undone for this beautiful table land, 
Livingstone Heights, which lies west of the city. 

For location, see map. For elevation, see section of altitudes. 

For particulars, address Wm. R. Stone, Jr., 718 and 720 Bond 
Building. 



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HISTORIC GREAT FALLS OF POTOMAC 



Scenic Beauty Around Great Falls Grand and Pic- 
turesque-Waterfalls Reached by the Great 
Falls and Old Dominion Railroad 



Spots of Historic Interest Passed en Route Over One of the 
Finest Double-track Roads in the United States 



.HIS great waterfall is situ- 
IL ated fourteen miles from 



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Washington, in Fairfax 
County, Va. Here are to be seen 
some of the grandest views of 
nature, formed by some vast up- 
heaval in pre-historic times. 
Towering cliffs, enormous vol- 
umes of water rushing, rolling, 
and falling over a precipice, 
forming a whirlpool in the great 
gorge. It is impossible to de- 
scribe in words the magnificence 
of the scenery. 

The early genius of George 
Washington as an engineer is 
here to be seen, he having built 
a canal around the Great Falls, 
being the first canal built in the 
United States. This canal for 
many years was the only means 
of bringing farm and other prod- 
ucts from Western Maryland and 
Virginia to Georgetown, from 
which point much of it was 
shipped to European ports. 
George Washington also erected 



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at this place a flouring mill and 
iron foundry, the foundations and 
ruins of both of which are still 
in existence and can be seen at 
this place. 

All of the adjacent ground at 
this time is covered with large 
forest trees which have grown 
since the abandonment of the 
canal as a waterway. 

This beautiful place is reached 
by the Great Falls and Old Do- 
minion Electric Railroad. This 
is one of the finest double-track 
railroads in the United States. 
Its cars and equipment are un- 
surpassed, having the finest 
motors made. 

The trip is most delightful, as 
the cars pass through one of the 
finest sections of Virginia. 

Take the cars at Thirty-sixth 
and M streets. The cars of all 
city car companies reach the 
point. Fare for round trip, 25 
cents. Now is the time to book 
your dates for excursions. 



56 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY 

ROSSLYN BRICK COMPANY 

Office, 1321 F Street N. W. 

E. R. HAIGHT, Secretary and General Manager 
Telephone, 567 Main 



F. BAKER WEAVER, President GEO. W. WISE, Vice-President 

GEO. A. WEAVER, Treasurer 



We manufacture all kinds of common brick, and every brick 
is repressed, and on account of the small shrinkage, are the 
largest bricks on the market. 



House Furnishing Goods. All Work Promptly Attended to and Guaranteed. 

DAVID KNOWLES 

Furnaces, Stoves, Ranges and Latrobes 

Tin Roofing, Guttering, Spouting 

3282 M Street Northwest 

Jobbing and Repairing Promptly Attended to. Phone, West 780. 

SMOKE "STRAIGHT 5" 

IF YOU ARE TIRED OF HEAVY CIGARS 
EXCLUSIVE SALE 



WELLER'S DRUG STORE, right at the aqueduct 
3534 M STREET N. W. 

Our prescription business is our pride. We've worked hard to build it up. 
We give it our increasing care. Our motto is: Accuracy and Purity. 






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